Candidates Quote by Stanislaw Lem

A candidate is someone who gets money from the rich and votes from the poor to protect them from each other.

— Anonymous

[A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised to get…

— Dick Gregory

A citizen who casts his ballot without having to the best of his abilities studied as much economics as he can fails in his…

— Ludwig von Mises

Most of the presidential candidates' economic packages involve 'tax breaks,' which is when the government, amid great fanfare, generously decides not to take quite…

— Dave Barry

Candidates don't want to be associated with poor people, people who have jobs or are ugly; they want to be associated with a certain…

— Matt Taibbi

I've never seen a candidate - I've never seen a human being - who, with the most limited briefing, can understand the dimensions, the…

— James Carville

The most successful politicians are the ones who embrace their best traits while turning their liabilities into loveable attributes. And yet, many a candidate…

— Chuck Todd

You can have all the money in the world, but if you're not a good candidate, it doesn't matter.

— Lara Trump

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.

— James Freeman Clarke

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

— Robert Scheer

I want to know in this day and age, whether it is possible for any candidate who is not a billionaire or who is…

— Bernie Sanders

In California, we've had a series of millionaires and billionaires and CEOs and movie stars. We need to take a hard look at how…

— Elizabeth Emken